Veterinary Surgeon

We have an exciting opportunity for a Small Animal Vet to join our dedicated and friendly first opinion team. We are dedicated to maintaining a fresh and modern attitude towards veterinary care. Our aim is to provide the best possible care for our patients and their owners. We believe this is achieved through dedication, conscientiousness, compassion and teamwork.

About us

Newnham Court Vets  have  been caring for the animals of Maidstone and the surrounding areas for over a hundred years.

Our Hospital was lovingly built from scratch and has grown with the community into a tier three, RCVS accredited hospital. We were the first practice in the area to hold a tier three hospital status and have always been innovational with our facilities and procedures. We are proud of our journey so far and look forward to our bright future.

Along with our four directors, our first opinion team is made up of a further five full time veterinary surgeons and two part time. Our Emergency and Continuous Care team is made up of eight highly skilled vets that work evenings, nights and weekends to give our clients and their animals continuity of care.

We are incredibly proud to have such a highly trained and knowledgeable nursing team. With nearly fifty members on the team split down into our nursing auxiliaries, student nurses, qualified RVNS, emergency and critical care nurses and the nursing management team we have a huge skill set among them including advance certificate holders. Our nursing team are on hand to deal with anything from weight checks and pet health club sign ups, to assisting with complicated surgical procedures.

Our Hospital is extremely well equipped and long established and we’re incredibly proud of our team. Our rotas give us all a great work-life balance and we focus heavily on personal and professional development.

Fantastic friendly vets that actually appear to know what they are doing unlike some vets. They appear to really care about the animals too. I would highly recommend this vets Cat Polderman (Google Review)

About this role

This is a hospital based role involving managing a caseload alongside our first opinion team, as well as progressing cases seen by our overnight emergency vets which require ongoing care during the day.

About you

We are looking for an all-rounder, someone who enjoys a mixture of medical and surgical cases. If you’re confident in your skill set, great with clients, passionate about animal care and most importantly want to do fantastic clinical work then we want to hear from you!

Our location

Maidstone is a pleasant market town on the River Medway, near the Kent Downs. With fantastic shopping and parking at Fremlin Walk and Maidstone Market, fabulous food and drink crafted from local produce, a calendar of great events, and unique experiences to be had for all ages, few places in the South East provide quite as much to see and do as Maidstone making our location an ideal place for individuals, couples and families alike.

Our offer

• Competitive salary dependant on your skills and experience
• Bonus scheme
• CertAVP support and funding
• Company pension scheme
• 5 weeks of holiday + bank holidays
• Buy/Sell Holiday scheme allowing you to purchase an additional two weeks of holiday
• Access to our industry leading Sharesave scheme
• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption pay
• All of your professional fees covered
• Fully encouraged and generously funded CPD
• Colleague discount on pet products and treatments
• A range of other benefits such as Cycle to Work, Gymflex, Perkbox and more!

We’re in the fortunate position to offer either a permanent full time position or a shorter fixed term contract.